1 of 5 | Matt Damon plays Odysseus in "The Odyssey," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures
LOS ANGELES, July 15 (UPI) -- The Odyssey, in theaters Friday, is a cinematic epic worthy of Homer. Homer's story was passed along in the oral tradition until it was written down, and Christopher Nolan's adaptation can stand as the definitive portrayal in the visual era.
Odysseus (Matt Damon) has been away from Ithaca for 20 years since leaving for the Battle of Troy. His wife, Penelope (Anne Hathaway), has been holding off a home full of suitors awaiting his return.
Telemachus (Tom Holland), Odysseus's son, sets out to Sparta to find word of Odysseus.
Like many of Nolan's movies, his adaptation of The Odyssey, which he also wrote, bends time to tell its story. Penelope tells stories from before Odysseus left and Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) tells Telemachus the story of the Trojan Horse from the perspective of the men inside it.
